Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Vol. 1

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Vol. 1: From Drawings by W. H. BartlettThe first query that occurs to the reader's mind in taking up any book on Canada, is, What was the real character Of the aboriginal inhabitant, and how far and in what manner has he receded before the advancing step of the white man? Before touching on the history of the civilization of the country, the condition of its savage owners should be well understood.In their physical character, the American savage is considered by Blumenbach as forming a particular variety in the human species, differing, though not very widely, from the Mongolian. Believing that the New World was peopled from the Old, and considering that the Mongol race was situated nearest the point where Asia and America come almost into contact, we are inclined to ascribe these variations merely to a change of circumstances. The face is broad and ¿at, with high cheek bones more rounded and arched, however, than in the allied type, without having the visage expanded to the same breadth. The forehead is generally low, the eyes deep, small, and black, the nose rather diminutive, but prominent, with wide nostrils, and the mouth large, with somewhat thick lips. The stature, which varies remarkably throughout the continent, is, in the quarter Of which we treat, generally above the middle size. This property, however, is confined to the men, the females being usually below that standard - a fact which may be confidently ascribed to the oppressive drudgery they are compelled to undergo. The limbs, in both sexes, are well proportioned, and few instances of deformity ever occur.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.